Linda Hardberger has her sights set on a watery horizon. "In a year and a half, we'll be back on that boat," she says with firm determination. She is referring to the 42-foot craft on which she and her husband, Phil Hardberger, spent more than a year sailing the...
Women Play Golf, Too
Though Mary, Queen of Scots, played the game in the 1500s, golf eventually became known as a gentleman's sport, especially in the United States. But women have never been entirely excluded, and today they are the fastest-growing segment of the industry's market....
In the Business of Old
How many careers offer an opportunity to continually learn, shop till you drop, travel the world, gab with good friends and enrich the homes and lives of others? A number of antiques dealers in San Antonio have found their bliss in this business. Their passion has...
Sisterly Voices The all-female ensemble Voci di Sorelle
Enthralled audience members often resort to other-worldly references to describe a concert by Voci di Sorelle, a 12- member all-female ensemble of vocalists who specialize in a cappella singing. Phrases like "I felt like angels were singing," or "I felt like I wasn't...
Heaven On 11 Acres
The hills of Cordillera Ranch are the site of many beautiful homes, which come in all shapes and styles, from ranch to Tudor. Tucked away on a quiet cul-de-sac, quite distant from the community's gatehouse, is a house that looks as though it was plucked out of the...
Cafe Paladar
Brian West, chef/owner of Café Paladar, must be doing something right. He's expanded the contemporary café to include more dining and meeting spaces, the crowd was good and varied on a weekday night, and there's more art lining the walls than ever. Even the corridor...
Shop ‘Til You Drop in Round Top
If the state map had a star on it marking the "Antique Capital of Texas," it would likely rest on a tiny black dot in Fayette County on a pretty little place called Round Top, population 77. But ask any woman within a 200-mile radius of this little east-central-Texas...
Keep Your Mother Happy
The adage "When momma's not happy, ain't nobody happy" can also be applied to Mother Earth. She's giving us all kinds of passive aggressive and sometimes downright aggressive signals that our guardianship has been less than stellar. Normally the Health Matters section...